After their first date, due to circumstances beyond their control, the mutual attraction between Bee and Ben quickly turns to hatred. Six months later, they’re invited to a wedding, and Bee and Ben are once again forced to put up with each other. This time, however, for personal reasons, they decide to call a truce and pretend to be a couple.

The family of Charlie Cannon, an American journalist working in Cairo, is struck by tragedy—his young daughter, Katie, disappears without a trace. The search yields no results, and the police are at a loss. Eight years later, the Cannons are living in New Mexico when they suddenly receive encouraging news: Katie has been found. The girl was discovered in an ancient sarcophagus; she doesn’t speak and looks very unwell.